Apple Music First Impressions: Convenient All-in-One Experience With Overwhelming Design

[Andrei90]

9 Pacific? Unless I'm crazy the countdown at the top of the page seems to suggest 8 Pacific...

8 PT for the update, 9 PT for Beats1

 

[brilliantthings]

iTunes 12.2, prices show when you activate AM.

Must be a beta thing. I can't see an update to iTunes 12.2.

 

[Rogifan]

Got that notification a few hours ago. Been listening too. That's one reasonably big piece of Apple exclusive content that isn't anymore.

Exclusive to Apple in what way? Were Google Play music users unable to stream paid AC/DC music? Leo Laporte says he uses Google Play music to listen to his paid Beatles collection.

 

[Yumbo]

That doesn't make any sense. Does that mean Android users won't get a free trial since it's not coming to Android until this fall? No. It's 3 months from when you sign up. Here's the footnote from Apple's website: "Requires initial sign up. At the end of the trial period, the membership will automatically renew and payment method will be charged on a monthly basis until auto-renewal is turned off in account settings." This means your trial doesn't start until you sign up.

Trial starts when you decide to activate.

 

[Andrei90]

Got that notification a few hours ago. Been listening too. That's one reasonably big piece of Apple exclusive content that isn't anymore.

But we have Taylor Swift's 1989 album...

 

[GrumpyTrucker]

So far the exclusives generally suck. Except ac/dc. That's awesome.

Not exclusive anymore. AC/DC on Spotify now too

 

[SMIDG3T]

I'm getting Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports when I click on Beats 1. Strange.

 

[Yumbo]

But we have Taylor Swift's 1989 album...

Excluding the last 3 songs.

 

[cmaier]

Not exclusive anymore. AC/DC on Spotify now too

Well never mind then. All the exclusives suck.

 

[Paradoxally]

So far the exclusives generally suck. Except ac/dc. That's awesome.

Taylor Swift is excellent, but that's subjective. AC/DC is now on Spotify, however.

 

[Andrei90]

Exclusive to Apple in what way? Were Google Play music users unable to stream paid AC/DC music? Leo Laporte says he uses Google Play music to listen to his paid Beatles collection.

AC/DC was exclusive to Apple if I recall correctly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't available in Google Play because I searched for it like 10 times.

 

[Yumbo]

Must be a beta thing. I can't see an update to iTunes 12.2.

Have early access.
10.10.4 is also imminent.

 

[matrix07]

Why not keep Spotify during the three month free trial?

Or, at least, give it a week, then cancel Spotify?

Why pay Spotify for these 3 months?

 

[GrumpyTrucker]

Exclusive to Apple in what way? Were Google Play music users unable to stream paid AC/DC music? Leo Laporte says he uses Google Play music to listen to his paid Beatles collection.

As far as I was aware iTunes was the only place you could legally source their music digitally without having to buy it on CD, rip it and upload it. That's a form of exclusivity I guess. Happy to be corrected because I have zero experience with Google Music.

 

[ipedro]

Biggest disappointment: no Last.fm scrobbler integration

I don't know why but I hate that word. It's completely made up.

 

[Reason077]

Eh? Just find out what time it's out in your time zone (4pm in the UK, that's where I am) and keep refreshing that software update button on your phone!!

I'd prefer if everyone just post here. It's easier that way. Thanks!

 

[GrumpyTrucker]

Well never mind then. All the exclusives suck.

That's encouraging. There's one thing though, you can't fault Spotify's marketing in making AC/DC available on the day of Music launch

 

[spkurtz]

Does anybody know if, like Spotify, you can download songs for offline play?

 

[ipedro]

Anybody else considering starting with a fresh library?

I've built my iTunes library of 8,000 songs over more than a decade but a lot of it is stuff I only listened to once (or never!). Rebuilding a library from scratch gives me an opportunity to rediscover what I really like.

 

[Rogifan]

AC/DC was exclusive to Apple if I recall correctly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't available in Google Play because I searched for it like 10 times.

Exclusive to Apple what? iTunes Radio? iTunes Match?

 

[bushido]

Anybody else considering starting with a fresh library?

I've built my iTunes library of 8,000 songs over more than a decade but a lot of it is stuff I only listened to once (or never!). Rebuilding a library from scratch gives me an opportunity to rediscover what I really like.

i am. i backed up everything on an external drive and will just make stuff i actually listen to available through offline listening through Apple Music

 

[GrumpyTrucker]

Does anybody know if, like Spotify, you can download songs for offline play?

Their various Apple Music sites have a check mark for "save for offline listening" so I would assume so

 

[gadgetguy03]

No, I am saying if different services offer different exclusives based upon popular artists (Godsmack on Spotify, Metallica on Pandora, or Pantera on Apple Music), then those people may get frustrated and just download it on torrents to get the "exclusive". Especially if those streaming companies ever decide to offer exclusive music on paid tiers only.

Of course any exclusives are going to be released on paid tiers only. They have to make up for it somehow. Also consider that everyone but Apple is operating on a loss... there is no such thing as free lunch.

 

[matrix07]

Anybody else considering starting with a fresh library?

I've built my iTunes library of 8,000 songs over more than a decade but a lot of it is stuff I only listened to once (or never!). Rebuilding a library from scratch gives me an opportunity to rediscover what I really like.

No way! My library is full of my favourite albums and artists.

 

[Yumbo]

Does anybody know if, like Spotify, you can download songs for offline play?

Yes.